My good buddy Jennifer Lawler was asked to launch and manage Adams Media’s new line of romance e-books.
Jennifer is looking for romantic suspense, contemporary, paranormal, historical, and erotic romance — full-length (around 60-80K) plus shorts and novellas.
If you have a manuscript you’d like to pitch, you can send your pitch letter (no attachments, please) …
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Jan 20, 2012
Opportunities

A lot of writers in our last Freelance Writers Blast Off asked Carol and me where they can find freelance writing gigs. Is there some super-secret website where clients and editors are posting gigs? Or should they scour Craigslist and eLance every day and apply to the job ads there?
Here’s the thing: The clients that …
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Jul 25, 2011
Advice, Marketing, Opportunities
I got this message from HCI with a call for contributors:
With Spring just around the corner, I wanted to update you on books in our Ultimate series.
Our retailers have specifically asked us for two titles this fall; one that’s been on the list, The Ultimate Runner, and one newly added, The Ultimate Bird Lover. To …
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Mar 20, 2009
Opportunities

I was enjoying my morning cup of java when my eye caught a headline on CNN.com: “Adult films doing well in bad economy.” It was funny because a few weeks ago I was having a conversation with a fellow writer about subject areas where a freelancer could do well in a flaccid economy, and sex …
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Jan 9, 2009
Blogging, Classes, Opportunities, Writers, Writing
Here’s a note from HCI, publishers of the Chicken Soup series and the Ultimate series:
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This is just a quick reminder of deadlines coming up for submissions from writers and photographers for the Ultimate series from HCI Books.
We’re looking for “slice-of-life” stories and photos that are inspirational, motivational, humorous or thought-provoking. Here’s what’s looming, please don’t …
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Jun 14, 2008
News you can use, Opportunities